Education & Teaching

Kathie Barrs / Classwise (Coffee Table Book)

A source book of ideas for organising the classroom in the Nursery and Infant School. From the popular Belair series for teachers and educators; loads of ideas for the classroom, written by...

Anne Jordan / Approaches to learning (Coffee Table Book)

"This book provides a really sound grounding in the theories that underpin successful teaching and learning. Without over-simplification it provides accessible introductions to the key learning...

David A. Rothery / Geology

- Are you interested in science and its role in our world?- Do you want to improve your understanding of geology?- Are you interested in carrying out field work?     This book is second hand, and...

Naomi Novik / A Deadly Education

The Sunday Times bestseller! FINALIST FOR THE LODESTAR AWARD In the start of an all-new trilogy, the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a dangerous school for the...

Rachel Devlin / A Girl Stands at the Door (Hardback)

A new history of school desegregation in America, revealing how girls and women led the fight for interracial education The struggle to desegregate America's schools was a grassroots movement, and...

Thomas H. Davenport / Thinking for a Living (Hardback)

Knowledge workers create the innovations and strategies that keep their firms competitive and the economy healthy. Yet, companies continue to manage this new breed of employee with techniques...

Karen Dolby / Homework Help for Mums and Dads (Hardback)

From reading to fractions, Ancient Greeks to spelling games and times tables, this book takes the horror out of homework, providing parents with tips on how to get to grips with each subject and,...

Gillian Avery / The Best Type of Girl (Hardback)

A history of girls' schools, charting the development of individual schools and types of school, and examining all aspects of school life from uniforms, games and rules to how girls' schools were...

John Holt - The Underachieving School (Vintage Pelican PB 1972)

Paperback, published by Pelican UK, originally 1971. Examines educational theories and approaches, arguing that for many children and youngpeople schools worked alsmost as a jail, arguing for a...

John Holt - How Children Learn (Vintage Pelican PB 1975 ( Originally 1967)

    A book where educationalist John Holt uses anecdotal observations that question assumptions about how children acquire knowledge and learning skills.   Pelican paperback, 1975, originally 1967. 

Carol Thompson / The Trainee Teacher′s Handbook: A companion for initial teacher training (Coffee Table Book)

This book helps trainees to build skills

Marcia Stubbs / The Little, Brown Reader (Large Paperback)

Marcia Stubbs, Sylvan Barnet The Little, Brown Reader, one of the best-known and most respected thematic readers available today, continues its tradition of excellence by bringing together...

Jessie Wise / First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind (Large Paperback)

Parents

Tony Booth / Policies for Diversity in Education (Large Paperback)

Examines the regional and national policies and the power and interest groups concerned with educational difficulties and disability, and analyses one threatened element of the power structure - the...

Ronald D. Davis / The Gift of Learning (Large Paperback)

Proven New Methods for Correcting ADD, Math & Handwriting Problems El

Beve Hornsby / Overcoming Dyslexia (Large Paperback)

Dyslexia

Susan Griffith / Teaching English Abroad (Large Paperback)

Teaching

Vincent C. Alfonso / Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification (Large Paperback)

Dawn P. Flanagan

Maria Montessori / The Secret of Childhood

Maria Montessori describes the child with

Allan B.I. Bernardo / Literacy and the Mind (Large Paperback)

The Contexts and Cognitive Consequences of Literary Practice   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the...

David N. Perkins / Smart Schools - Better Thinking and Learning for Every Child (Large Paperback)

Although there has been a great deal of impassioned debate over the sad state of American education today, surprisingly little attention has been paid to how children actually learn to think. But, as...

Carrie Paechter / Learning, Space and Identity (Large Paperback)

 Richard Edwards (Editor), Roger Harrison (Editor), 

Angela Thody / Teacher's Survival Guide 2nd Edition (Large Paperback)

Teacher's Survival Guide 2nd Edition

Robert S. Siegler / Children's Thinking (Large Paperback)

This book brings together major research findings and theories on the development of children's thinking from infancy to adolescence, and also considers the subsequent practical implications. It...

Derek Rowntree / Preparing Materials for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning (Large Paperback)

An Action Guide for Teachers and Trainers This practical handbook guides teachers in open and distance learning through the key phases of planning and developing materials for coursework. Each phase...

Tony Patterson - A Century of Change : 100 Years of Vocational Education in County Kilkenny - PB - 2007

Paperback, published by County Kilkenny VEC, 2007.  A wide ranging history of vocational ( VEC) education in County Kilkenny, from its origins in the 1930's. 

Vivian Gussin Paley / You Can't Say You Can't Play (Large Paperback)

Who of u

Martin Johnson / Failing School, Failing City (Large Paperback)

The author is a teacher in inner London with thirty years' experience of teaching in the inner city and working with disruptive pupils. Here he speaks from the teachers point of view about underclass...

Derek Swetnam / Writing Your Dissertation (Large Paperback)

How to Plan, Prepare and Present Your Work Successfully   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Peter Barry / English in Practice - In Pursuit of English Studies (Large Paperback)

In Pursuit of English Studies This book examines the practice of studying English, and the theory underlying that practice. Peter Barry examines how almost everything but the name of the discipline...

Judy Breckenridge / No-Sweat Science: Physics Experiments (Large Paperback)

Dave Garbot (Illustrator), 

Richard Andrews / The Impact of ICT on Literacy Education (Large Paperback)

  This authoritative landmark text examines the highly topical and important issue of ICT in literacy learning. Its distinctive focus on providing a systematic review of research in the field gives...

Dave Hopwood / Playing Up (Large Paperback)

Contains over 30 sketches written for use with children in family services, school assemblies, or even as street theatre. This book includes mimes, raps, traditional sketches, juggling and puppetry;...

Eve Bearne / Use of Language Across the Primary Curriculum (Large Paperback)

This book offers practical advice and guidance on how children can be helped to use language to transform knowledge and experience into understanding across the curriculum, and thus become active...

Jonathan Jansen / As By Fire - The End of the South African University ? (Large Paperback)

When does a university cease to exist? South African universities, very soon, unless drastic action is taken.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Yvonne Garson / Science in the Primary School

Using practical examples and case studies

Benedict Carey / How We Learn (Large Paperback)

The Surprising Truth About When, Where and Why it Happens In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical,

Barbara Coloroso / The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander (Large Paperback)

It's the deadliest combination going; bullies who terrorize, bullied kids who are afraid to tell, bystanders who watch, and adults who see the incidents as a normal part of childhood. All it takes to...

Joseph Tobin / Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited (Large Paperback)

China, Japan, and the United States Yeh Hsueh, 

Gerry Jeffers / Transition Year in Action (Large Paperback)

Presents accounts of how a range of schools engage with the challenges of the Transition Year progam in Ireland an optional one-year program focusing on many non-academic subjects such as life skills...

Brent Carnell / Developing the Higher Education Curriculum (Large Paperback)

Research-Based Education in Practice   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. <

Maura D. Shaw / Mastering Online Research (Large Paperback)

A Comprehensive Guide to Effective and Efficient Search Strategies

Sonja Falck / Extreme Intelligence - Development, Predicaments, Implications (Large Paperback)

  Extreme intelligence is strongly correlated with the highest of human achievement, but also, paradoxically, with higher relationship conflict, career difficulty, mental illness, and high-IQ crime...

Donald Nathan Levine / Powers of the Mind (Large Paperback)

The Reinvention of Liberal Learning in America   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and...

Dorothy E. Gilroy / Dyslexia at College (Large Paperback)

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Joan Boykoff Baron / Teaching Thinking Skills (Large Paperback)

Theory and Practice

Deirdre Martin / Speech and Language Difficulties in the Classroom (Large Paperback)

Now fully updated and revised in the light of recent developments in practice, this book discusses children's language development and language difficulties in the context of the classroom. The book...

Scott Boldt / Hear My Voice (Large Paperback)

Hear My Voice: A Longitudinal Study of the Post-School Experiences of Early School Leavers. Dublin: Marino Institute of Education, 1997.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Brendan Culligan / The Changing Landscapes of Literacy - Building Best Practice (Large Paperback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Brendan Byrne / Coping with Bullying in Schools (Large Paperback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

John MacBeath / Schools Must Speak for Themselves (Coffee Table Book)

This best-selling book illustrates how schools can tell their own story. It draws on ground-breaking work with the National Union of Teachers to demonstrate a practical approach to identifying what...

Cath Smith / Sign Language Companion: A Handbook of British Signs (Coffee Table Book)

An easy-to-follow guide to sign language, providing over 400 illustrations to demonstrate common signs and grouping signs. Sign Language Companion is formatted in groups of linked ideas to allow the...